Bosola tells her brothers of the secret marriage and the couple are banished.įearing for their safety the Duchess tells Antonio to escape with their eldest son to Milan. The Duchess gives birth to a son, and Bosola passes this news onto her brothers.Īntonio and the Duchess have two more children together. Bosola has been sent to spy on the Duchess and suspects she may be pregnant so feeds her apricots to induce labour. However, she secretly marries her steward Antonio and becomes pregnant. She is forbidden to remarry by her brothers the Duke Ferdinand, and the Cardinal. A dark voice in the seventeenth century, his plays have varied in popularity over the centuries, with the Victorians turning the end of the Duchess of Malfi into a happy one! However, his themes remain relevant and real, and his characters believable in today’s society, making him a playwright who will never become obsolete. Webster’s plays explore the darkness of humanity, looking at love, lust, sexual immorality, injustice, the class system, politics and religion. Detailed Summary Of The Play (Act-Wise).
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